Kansas City Redline History Push Back 2025

For close readers we share a late night point of contention and more sloppy local journalism.

First . . . A peek at the dominant narrative for most elected officials and opinion leaders . . .  

"In the Kansas City region, Black residents have one-third the housing wealth of white households, lower rates of homeownership and lower home values. People of color still largely reside in parts of the region where poverty is also concentrated. This disparate housing reality is not by accident, but rather lies in the region’s history of discriminatory practices embedded in policies that greatly affected how housing markets operate. Even after the policies changed in the 1960s, they created a set of self-perpetuating forces that still generate disparate racial outcomes today. Because these outcomes are the result of incentives created by how housing markets are structured, rather than simply the acts or intentions of individuals, they occur as the result of structural racism."

And then . . . 

We share a recent local report that doesn't dare name any relevant data or study but merely repeats activist/consumerist talking points without providing any context . . . Check-it:  

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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